South Korean medical beauty platform "Gangnam Sister" suffered an information leak, affecting nearly 5,000 Chinese people
Operator Healing Paper stated that a total of 219,665 users were affected, involving sensitive medical treatment details.
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- The well-known Korean medical beauty appointment platform "Gangnam Sister" suffered a leak of users' personal information.
- The operator Healing Paper confirmed that a total of 219,665 users were affected, including nearly 5,000 Chinese users, involving sensitive information such as surgical records and photos.
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Why It Matters
Gangnam Sister is a well-known medical beauty information platform in South Korea, which mainly assists users to connect with clinics for consultation.
China News Service, Beijing, September 8 (Reporter Han Hui) A leak of user personal information occurred on the well-known Korean medical beauty appointment platform "Gangnam Unni". Operator Healing Paper stated that a total of 219,665 users were affected, including nearly 5,000 Chinese.
According to South Korea's "Joongang Daily" report on the 8th, "Gangnam Sister" is a well-known medical beauty information platform in South Korea, which mainly assists users in connecting with clinics for consultation.
According to the personal information leak notice and apology statement issued by the platform operating company Healing Paper on September 7, on the 4th of this month, some system functions used by "Gangnam Sister" to query consultation records were abnormally accessed, resulting in the leakage of some users' personal information.
After discovering the anomaly, the company immediately blocked the relevant access channels and took emergency security measures for the overall system. During the disposal process, the company discovered that the same attacker tried to access the system again through another channel on the 5th, and the relevant channel was immediately blocked.
The statement pointed out that a total of 219,665 users were affected, including approximately 160,000 users in South Korea, approximately 48,000 in Japan, 1,591 in Thailand, 481 in mainland China, 4,218 in Taiwan, and 5,308 in other countries.
According to the Korea Herald, the leak involves more sensitive medical treatment details, including surgery and hospital names, doctors, preferred appointment times, reasons for medical treatment, medical treatment status and photos.
Healing Paper stated in a statement that the company has proactively reported the personal information leakage to the Korean Internet Security Agency (KISA) and has notified affected users one by one.
The company reminds users that leaked information may be used by criminals and should be wary of text messages, phone calls, and emails from unknown sources; if someone asks for personal or financial information, do not reply or provide any information.
Open Questions
- How does an attacker gain access through system vulnerabilities?
- Have the leaked sensitive photos and medical treatment information been maliciously disseminated?
